Example sentences of "to [noun] can [be] " in BNC.

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1 Further points relating to Inspection can be found in Chapter 38 ( Production Planning & control ) .
2 The allocation of labour to activities can be plotted as a histogram which will invariably show peaks and troughs .
3 Nevertheless , some important instruments of accountability to Parliament can be identified , although most apply to some quangos and not all .
4 Claims of up to £1,000 can be made in the small claims court , but in larger , more unusual cases you 'll probably need a solicitor whose fees will be paid by the hairdresser if you win the case .
5 Up to £1,000 can be won in a competition organised by the Cleveland Police Crime Prevention Department .
6 Access or Visa are accepted and instant credit of up to £1,000 can be arranged ; or buy now , pay January .
7 The option of settling a dispute rather than resolving it by going to trial can be described as a form of alternative dispute resolution , meaning methods of resolving a variety of disputes in ways alternative to court hearings .
8 The process of the development from parable to allegory can be clearly seen when a comparison is made of the three accounts in the Synoptic Gospels .
9 The savings we make by supplying direct are passed on to you … up to 50% can be saved off high street prices .
10 What is especially interesting about such systems is the possibility that experiments can be constructed which are sufficiently simple and close to theoretical models that routes to chaos can be studied in detail .
11 { 33 } has demonstrated that when the known parameters for the helium-xenon system are inserted into eqns ( 7.2 ) , then all three classic routes to chaos can be obtained by careful scans over realistic ranges of the control parameters .
12 The present arrangement penalises companies with large overseas tax bills , because ACT payable on dividends to shareholders can be used only to offset ‘ mainstream ’ tax on UK earnings .
13 ( Temperatures of up to 40°C can be attained . )
14 For larger tables — up to about 1000 keys — a more approximate but less time-consuming method due to Sprugnoli can be used .
15 Of course , learning to pirouette can be difficult in an English winter on waterlogged pitches where nimbleness seems only to be required by strikers slipping sliding tackles .
16 Theodore seems not to have acted of his own volition ; his welcome to Gundovald can be discounted .
17 A direct descent to Wharfe can be made , as indicated by the dotted line on the map , by walking west from the column to the edge of the escarpment and following this south until a breach occurs to permit a passage down the slope to a path that joins White Stone Lane near the hamlet .
18 Incidentally , only banks A to F can be accessed without some form of MIDI control , but with sixty possible selections that hardly leaves the user struggling for memory space .
19 Obedience to parents can be a powerful witness to the reality of life in Christ .
20 If the South is redefined to include only the four regions of the South East , South West , East Anglia and the East Midlands , then the net movement of people from North to South can be seen to have risen from a low point of only around 10,000–20,000 a year in the early 1970s to a peak of nearly 70,000 by 1985–86 ( Figure 4.2 ) .
21 The relationship of settlements to cemeteries can be considered using the results of large-scale excavations as a control , and the actual distances between such features may act as a guide even when a relationship can not be directly inferred .
22 An angle of up to 10° can be placed on all couplings of this type , without leakage , making them the favourite choice .
23 This will optimise performance and increase integrity and security , so that concurrent access to areas can be prevented .
24 At present , only general guidelines to management can be provided , based largely on the characteristics of the behaviour which have been described .
25 Parallel trade is now so well established that Health Department payments to pharmacists can be clawed back for sales of discounted drugs .
26 They are the acknowledged experts in negotiating competitive rates at hotels around the world , and savings of up to 20% can be achieved on many properties .
27 The Alternative Religion , therefore accepts that carefully regulated individual rights to ownership can be fully justified on the grounds ( among others ) that such rights have been established deep in the story of human evolution .
28 The genesis of this right to compensation can be traced to the protracted debate which took place within the Standard Advisory Committee on Patents in the wake of the Department of Trade 's publication in 1975 of a White Paper on the future of patent law .
29 For women with young children , returning to work can be a problem .
30 Whether we work in the public or private sectors , or are self-employed ; whether we work as operators , managers , supervisors or directors ; whatever our field , the effective application of faith to work can be a challenging , stretching and sometimes frustrating task .
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